HIV/ADIS Research Consultant (Chinese National Only)

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Background

China has made remarkable progress on the AIDS response and implemented a series of HIV-related health services for people living with HIV. However, HIV epidemic is still evolving and has been influencing the country deeply in the past decade. Latest data shows that about 1.25 million people were living with HIV in China by the end of 2018.

On the other hand, social environment and public services such as healthcare, employment, education, and social protection policies and mechanisms have not fully adapted to meet the needs of people living with or affected by HIV. Often, they disproportionately affect members of marginalized groups. Social protection mechanisms are not sensitive or sufficient to ensure inclusive and sustainable development of PLHIV and their families; lifelong HIV treatment has caused side effects and other subsequent illnesses, causing high proportion of out-of-pocket expenditure and home-care burden; gender-based inequality and age exclusion on accessing HIV services are still not well recognized and addressed in some places; discrimination against PLHIV has also affected their access to HIV-related care and services as well as their access to employment. In the context of crisis situation like COVID-19 pandemic, PLHIV and their families are facing more challenges in employment and receiving affordable necessary medical cares and having higher risks to slip back into poverty than other people.

To build a strong basis to inform the development of a new UN Joint Plan on HIV for China from 2021 that is aligned to a new UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), the UN Joint Team on AIDS has launched a multi-disciplinary study in 2020 to better understand the situation and challenges of people living with and affected by HIV, especially people in the central and south-western parts of China, to access fully employment, high-quality and affordable health services and equitable social protection based on the assumption that the provinces with the highest poverty rates also tend to be where HIV-related burden is most severe.

The research project was jointly commissioned by WHO, ILO, UNFPA, and UN Women. UNAIDS and UNDP provided coordination and technical support for the project. Currently the multi-disciplinary study has been done and data analyzed by co-sponsor agencies. To further summarize and integrate the findings from different sources on a multi-dimensional perspective, the Joint Team agreed to conduct an executive summary of the reports and and generate recommendations.

UN Women China Office is seeking an experienced consultant to review the current findings in this multi-disciplinary study and integrate the findings into an executive summary with recommendations generated from the outcome. The consultant should ensure high quality and consistency of work, using an approach that is consistent with the UN’s values and regulations.

Duties and Responsibilities

Main Objective

To summarize the evidence and findings on the relationship between poverty, vulnerability and HIV, and generate recommendations from the study to inform the development of the next UN Joint Workplan on AIDS and align it more effectively to the new UNSDCF in 2021-2025.

Scope of Work:

The Consultant is responsible for the following tasks:

1. Review of multi-disciplinary study

  • Understand the background, design, methodology, statistic analysis of this multi-disciplinary study
  • Review the current findings from different parts of the study, based on full understanding of the sample population, time of study, and collaborators
  • Discuss with focal points from co-sponsor agencies and collaborating institutions to elucidate the findings and potential interpretation on their meanings
  • Recommend further analysis and collect relevant information regarding the study if necessary

2. Compile the executive summary

  • Discuss with Joint Team members to set the main goal of this executive summary
  • Propose a summary structure based on the current available data to include different horizontal dimensions to be reviewed by the Joint Team
  • Summarize and integrate the findings into the draft executive summary and generate recommendations based on the study outcome
  • Drafting, editing, proofreading the summary
  • Regularly discuss with Joint Team members and finalize the executive summary based on comments from the Joint Team

3. Translation of the executive summary to prepare for the final bilingual deliverables.

Deliverables and Timelines

Deliverables

Tasks

Target Delivery Date

  • Review and first draft of analysis report based on the multi-disciplinary study

  • Discuss with focal points from co-sponsor agencies and collaborating institutions to elucidate the findings and potential interpretation on their meanings

  • Gnenerate prelimary recommendations based on the multi-dsciplinary study

40%

31 January 2022

  • Bilingual executive summary report on the multidisciplinary study on poverty, vulnerability and HIV, with main findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

  • conduct the executive summary report on the multidisciplinary study on poverty, vulnerability and HIV, with main findings, conclusions, and recommendations.

  • Translation of the executive summary to prepare for the final bilingual deliverables

60%

28 Feburary 2022

Competencies

Core Values:

  • Respect for Diversity
  • Integrity
  • Professionalism

Core Competencies:

  • Awareness and Sensitivity Regarding Gender Issues
  • Accountability
  • Effective Communication
  • Inclusive Collaboration

Please visit this link for more information on UN Women’s Core Values and Competencies:

https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-values-and-competencies-framework-en.pdf?la=en&vs=637

Functional Competencies:

  • Proficiency in computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.);
  • Proficiency in editing, professional writing and reporting in both English and Chinese
  • Ability to work independently under tight deadline

Required Skills and Experience

Experience and required qualifications

The consultant should demonstrate qualifications, experience and competencies in the following areas:

  1. Minimum educational requirement: Master’s degree in public health, international development, and other relevant field; or bachelor degree in combination of 2 additional years experience maybe accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
  2. At least 5 years’ working experience in scientific research methodologies, and/or with vulnerable groups, including HIV and people with disabilities
  3. Proven experience in data analysis
  4. Previous working experience of report writing in both English and Chinese
  5. Previous working experience in the UN System is an advantage

Selection and evaluation criteria

Applications will be evaluated based on the cumulative analysis:

  • Technical qualification (100 points); weight: (70%)
  • Financial proposal (100 points): weight (30%)

A two-stage procedure is utilized in evaluating the applications, with evaluation of the technical application being completed prior to any price proposal being compared. Only the price proposal of the candidates who passed the minimum technical score of 70% of the obtainable score of 100 points in the technical qualification evaluation will be evaluated.

No.

Criteria

Point

1

Minimum educational requirement: Master’s degree in public health, international development, and other relevant field; or bachelor degree in combination of 2 additional years experience maybe accepted in lieu of the advanced universitydegree

10

2

At least 5 years’ working experience in scientific research methodologies, and/or with vulnerable groups, including HIV and people with disabilities

30

3

Proven experience in data analysis.

25

4

Previous working experience of report writing in both English and Chinese

25

5

Previous working experience in the UN System

10

Total

100

Only the candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% of total points will be considered as technically-qualified candidates who may be contacted for validation interview.

Financial/Price Proposal evaluation:

  • Only the financial proposal of candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation will be considered and evaluated.
  • The total number of points allocated for the price component is 100.
  • The maximum number of points will be allotted to the lowest price proposal that is opened/ evaluated and compared among those technical qualified candidates who have attained a minimum of 70% score in the technical evaluation. All other price proposals will receive points in inverse proportion to the lowest price.

How to apply

Interested candidates are encouraged to submit electronic application (consolidated as ONE attachment) online, no later than 7 December 2021. Kindly note the system will only allow one attachment, please combine below listed submission package into one.

The Submission package includes:

  • CV
  • Motivation letter
  • Education certificate
  • A sample writng on both English and Chinese ( maximum 1000 words)
  • Personal History Form (P11 which can be downloaded from
  • https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/about%20us/employment/un-women-p11-personal-history-form.doc?la=en&vs=3539
  • Financial Proposal

Deliverables

Amount (CNY)

Deliverable 1

Deliverable 2

Total

Payments

Payments for this consultancy will be based on the achievement of each deliverable and certification that each has been satisfactorily completed. Payments will not be based on the number of days worked but on the completion of each stated deliverable within the indicated timeframes on satisfactory completion of task.

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If you need any reasonable accommodation to support your participation in the recruitment and selection process, please include this information in your application.

UN Women has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UN Women, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to UN Women’s policies and procedures and the standards of conduct expected of UN Women personnel and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. (Background checks will include the verification of academic. credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.)

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